Reserve oil supply for vehicle engines



April 14,1925. 1,533,592

, F. D.|HANE$ RESERVE OIL SUPPLY FOR VEHICLE ENGINES Filed Jan. 2,1924

Patented Apr. 14, l$25.

"TRAN-K i). mines, or MULLEN, NEBRASKA;

nnsnnvn OIL SUlPiLY non VEHICLE ENGINES.

Application filed January 2,"1924." Serial No. 684,025.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANKWD. HANES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mullen, in the county of Hooker and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reserve Oil Supplies for Vehicle Engines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to vehicle engines and has mtre particular reference to a reserve oil supply therefor, whereby oil may be supplied to the crank case of the engine whenever the same becomes necessary and this only in the event that no service station is nearby for thereby preventing the burning out of the bearings of the engine which is now very often the case when it is impossible to obtain a fresh supply of oil.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of such a reserve oil supply that is of such a nature as to be readily installed upon practically all types of vehicle engines, the invention comprising essentially a tank of the desired capacity provided with means whereby the same may be secured to the head of the engine through the medium of the fastening means now provided for attaching the head to the block.

An additional object resides in the provision of a device of the above character that may be manufactured and marketed at ex tremely small cost and one that will operate efliciently under all conditions.

lVith the above and other objects in view as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a vehicle engine equipped with a reserve oil supply constructed in accordance with the present invention, the oil tank thereof being shown in cross section,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plan View of the engine equipped with said reserve oil supply for more clearly disclosing the manner of attachment of the oil tank to the engine, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken substantially upon the line 38 of Figure 1 and looking downwardly in the direction of the arrows for more clearly disclosing the construction of an oil gauge mechanism comprising an essential part of the present invention. 1

Now having particular reference to the drawing, my novel. oil reservoir-for vehicle combustionengines embodies the provision of a sheetmetal tank 5, of one or two gallon capacity, the same being formed at its bottom wall withan outlet: nipple 6 and being formed at its top wall with a relatively long. and inclined inlet nozzle 7 that is provided with a cap 8. I

This tank carries a pair of spaced sheet metal straps 99 each of which entirely encircles said tank and the ends of which are brought together at the upper inner edge thereof. These ends of said straps are provided with alined' openings whereby the same may be secured to the engine A through the medium of the bolt a that at the present time serve as a means for securing the head of the engine to the cylinder block.

Fitted within the outlet nipple 6 of the tank 5 is one end of an oil pipe 10, the same extending downwardly in front of the engine A and engaging through an open ing in they usual cap Z) of the crank case breather tube 0. This oil pipe 10 is equipped with a suitable form of cut-off cook 11, it being of course obvious that whenever a supply of oil is needed within the crank case of the engine, this valve 11 is opened for allowing the oil to pass from the tank 5, through the breather tube 6 and thence into said crank case. For maintaining said oil pipe 10 from vibrating, a fastener 12 is provided between said pipe and the front end of the engine, A

Disposed within the tank 5 is a pair of' vertically disposed rods 13-18 between which is movable a suitable float 14, said float carrying eyes 15 at its opposite sides which are formed preferably of wire and engage over said vertically disposed rods 1313 'forguid ng said float 1n 1ts up and down movement. This float 1% is carried by the lower end of an indicating rod16 that with all of the requirements for a successful commercial use.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new; and desire to secure byiLetters Patent 1s An oil supply device for an automobile machine comprising a tank having spacedreceive the rods, the stem carried by the float and passing through the top of the tank, a

nozzle mounted upon the top of the tank controlled out-let pipe communicatin and having its' inlet end disposedbeyond one of the vertical sides of the tank, a valve with the interior of the tank through the ottom thereof and having its outlet end disposed beyond the same vertical side of the tank as that at which the inlet end of the nozzle is disposed and supporting 'ineans for the body and including a securing device disposed beyondthe same vertical side of the tank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK i). HANEsQ 

